This. However, due to the coaching change there could be some players told, not that they have to leave, but that they donít fit the system and will never see the field to make room for more new players so there may be a trickle of transfers announced a little earlier.

This. However, due to the coaching change there could be some players told, not that they have to leave, but that they donít fit the system and will never see the field to make room for more new players so there may be a trickle of transfers announced a little earlier.

Are you guessing this, or have you heard? Let me clarify, have you heard an ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS COACH speak that?

Hayden Johnson (I think thats his last name). He could easily move to the H back or LB or DE.

Kendrick Jackson could also move over to the D. I thought when we signed him that's where he was going to play.

Johnson is listed as FB/TE. I wonder if he makes the transition to TE full time? I know we are deeper there, but maybe one of the two will have the skills to stay on the offensive side. I haven't seen enough of either to make a call. Just a thought.

Johnson is listed as FB/TE. I wonder if he makes the transition to TE full time? I know we are deeper there, but maybe one of the two will have the skills to stay on the offensive side. I haven't seen enough of either to make a call. Just a thought.

Not sure either are fast or quick enough to play Offense for CCM. If you listen to the coaches press conferences from the other day they basically said our team is too fat at almost every position. I don't think they'll for sure know what they have until August.

Not sure either are fast or quick enough to play Offense for CCM. If you listen to the coaches press conferences from the other day they basically said our team is too fat at almost every position. I don't think they'll for sure know what they have until August.

All that Body by Herb got us bogged down. It'll be interesting to see what players are willing to go to any length to slim down and play for CCM by the fall. Either way, I'm pumped for the next season. (*please don't let it be worse than CBB first....it can't get that bad right?)

All that Body by Herb got us bogged down. It'll be interesting to see what players are willing to go to any length to slim down and play for CCM by the fall. Either way, I'm pumped for the next season. (*please don't let it be worse than CBB first....it can't get that bad right?)

It very well could be worse than CBB's first. Bielema was a head coach for 7 years at wiscy before coming here. Morris has only 8 years total of college experience. Morris is largely a shot in the dark than can go either way.

If you are an optimist, you'll say that he has a lot of good relationships with HS coaches in the region. He has had very successful offenses at Tulsa and Clemson. As a HC at SMU, he was able to bring that program up from either 2 or 3 wins up to 7 wins which since the death penalty, has been a very rare win total to reach. As a recruiter, he is young with a fire in his belly and was able to get Deshaun Watson to Clemson.

If you are a pessimist, you'll note that most of his experience as a coach is just as a HS coach. While his offense was good at Tulsa, he benefited from an experienced roster and that Tulsa had an offense just as productive as Morris's a few years before Morris got there and has been able to have just as good an offense after he left as well. Clemson improved offensively after he left. At SMU, it can very easily be argued that all he did was bring them back up to the mean as his predecessor had built the school up to a bowl level program and there was just a short interlude of them sucking again in between their previous success and Morris's. Further, at each stop he makes, lost yardage plays drastically increase before drastically decreasing again as soon as he leaves. Looking at the recruiting at Clemson while he was there, he wasn't even one of their top 3 recruiters and he was unable to make any significant change to the recruiting at SMU in the three years he was there.

Overall, there's very real reason for optimism as he is almost guaranteed to get us a boost in both yards and points. This is a hire that IMO is just as likely to make Petrino's time here look like amateur hour as it is to make the fans remember Bielema fondly. My own personal opinion in a meh on the hire. Seeing his results, I just can't get excited by the hire as there are just too many red flags for failure. However, also seeing his results, it's illogical to think the hire is a sure fire bad one. The optimism and pessimism basically cancel out and I'm just left in a wait and see mode.

All that Body by Herb got us bogged down. It'll be interesting to see what players are willing to go to any length to slim down and play for CCM by the fall. Either way, I'm pumped for the next season. (*please don't let it be worse than CBB first....it can't get that bad right?)

CBB had better players his first year but isnít a good coach. Remember barely beating Samford as one of our 3 wins? I think even with lesser talent CCM will win more than 3 games in year one.

Are you guessing this, or have you heard? Let me clarify, have you heard an ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS COACH speak that?

Have they said it directly? No. However, with current signees we are at either 85 or 86 scholarships and Morris has said he intends to sign 8 more. So, ipso facto, some guys are going to be moved along.

CBB had better players his first year but isnít a good coach. Remember barely beating Samford as one of our 3 wins? I think even with lesser talent CCM will win more than 3 games in year one.

The talent on the team right now is ridiculously better than what was on the team heading into 2013. That team had more talent than what Petrino had at his disposal before signing day as well. Petrino did more with less. Bielema did less with more.

Hogs are set up relatively similarly to the '98 season with a loaded roster and a new HC. Will Morris sink or swim his first year? Nobody knows. Heck, he may have lost to Samford in '13 with our talent and may have lost to Coastal Carolina. Time will tell.

It very well could be worse than CBB's first. Bielema was a head coach for 7 years at wiscy before coming here. Morris has only 8 years total of college experience. Morris is largely a shot in the dark than can go either way.

If you are an optimist, you'll say that he has a lot of good relationships with HS coaches in the region. He has had very successful offenses at Tulsa and Clemson. As a HC at SMU, he was able to bring that program up from either 2 or 3 wins up to 7 wins which since the death penalty, has been a very rare win total to reach. As a recruiter, he is young with a fire in his belly and was able to get Deshaun Watson to Clemson.

If you are a pessimist, you'll note that most of his experience as a coach is just as a HS coach. While his offense was good at Tulsa, he benefited from an experienced roster and that Tulsa had an offense just as productive as Morris's a few years before Morris got there and has been able to have just as good an offense after he left as well. Clemson improved offensively after he left. At SMU, it can very easily be argued that all he did was bring them back up to the mean as his predecessor had built the school up to a bowl level program and there was just a short interlude of them sucking again in between their previous success and Morris's. Further, at each stop he makes, lost yardage plays drastically increase before drastically decreasing again as soon as he leaves. Looking at the recruiting at Clemson while he was there, he wasn't even one of their top 3 recruiters and he was unable to make any significant change to the recruiting at SMU in the three years he was there.

Overall, there's very real reason for optimism as he is almost guaranteed to get us a boost in both yards and points. This is a hire that IMO is just as likely to make Petrino's time here look like amateur hour as it is to make the fans remember Bielema fondly. My own personal opinion in a meh on the hire. Seeing his results, I just can't get excited by the hire as there are just too many red flags for failure. However, also seeing his results, it's illogical to think the hire is a sure fire bad one. The optimism and pessimism basically cancel out and I'm just left in a wait and see mode.

In other words "some will like it some won't" or "I guarantee you a 50/50 chance we will be good or bad"

I'm just giving you grief. You actually worded what I have been feeling over the last few days. Before CCM was hired I was like NO! Then he was hired and I was like YES! At his press release yesterday he looked a little overwhelmed like a guy who didn't exactly know what he was getting in to.

I still have confidence he will do well. I'm concerned that this recruiting class could cause some real issues in years 3 and 4 when he will be judged the harshest. Hopefully recruiting is good enough between now and then that it will overcome the voids of this class.

And before anyone jumps me for that comment I realize we only have a few slots and that impacts our numbers. I'm not talking about recruiting rankings. I'm talking about the apparent lack of development among the retention players. I hope I am proved wrong. This year should tell us a lot about that question.

The talent on the team right now is ridiculously better than what was on the team heading into 2013. That team had more talent than what Petrino had at his disposal before signing day as well. Petrino did more with less. Bielema did less with more.

Hogs are set up relatively similarly to the '98 season with a loaded roster and a new HC. Will Morris sink or swim his first year? Nobody knows. Heck, he may have lost to Samford in '13 with our talent and may have lost to Coastal Carolina. Time will tell.

its hard to say. HDN was good at getting the most out of other coaches players for a couple years then fell off. CBB took a few years to reach even mediocrity then crashed and burned. CBP built his success on the backs of one exceptional instate class. I'm curious how CCM will be in his first year.

its hard to say. HDN was good at getting the most out of other coaches players for a couple years then fell off. CBB took a few years to reach even mediocrity then crashed and burned. CBP built his success on the backs of one exceptional instate class. I'm curious how CCM will be in his first year.

We reached mediocrity in just one year with Bielema, we just never moved beyond that and then the wheels fell off.

I'm very curious to see what Morris will do as well. He had goos success his first and only year at Tulsa when they had an experienced offense ripe for coordinating as we will have this coming year. He also hit the ground running at Clemson. At SMU when he was the HC, it was more of the Bielema path though he did have some bad injuries his first year.

The key phrases is that Chad Morris seems to be totally willing to work at all phases of the program. Likely got a DC beyond his years of personal experience, meaning a vet DC with a good reputation. He worked early on to save some of the recruits he wanted. He rolled a couple that I guess he felt we needed. HE WORKED. HE PUT OUT ENERGY. He will be successful most likely just because he will bust his ass to be just that. Will he often fail, yep, he will. But every day, he will scramble for success. He is just build that way.

The key phrases is that Chad Morris seems to be totally willing to work at all phases of the program. Likely got a DC beyond his years of personal experience, meaning a vet DC with a good reputation. He worked early on to save some of the recruits he wanted. He rolled a couple that I guess he felt we needed. HE WORKED. HE PUT OUT ENERGY. He will be successful most likely just because he will bust his ass to be just that. Will he often fail, yep, he will. But every day, he will scramble for success. He is just build that way.

The press conference yesterday convinced me Chad Morris means business. He's a good football coach with a vision in the right place at the right time for a lot of reasons. He has his work cut out for him because of the competition, but I doubt that bothers him.

I'm not ready to predict SEC championships, but I do believe we will look like a different football team immediately. I also don't think we will see any of the head scratching stuff we saw during Bielema's tenure. Haven't been this excited about the future in many years.

The talent on the team right now is ridiculously better than what was on the team heading into 2013. That team had more talent than what Petrino had at his disposal before signing day as well. Petrino did more with less. Bielema did less with more.

Hogs are set up relatively similarly to the '98 season with a loaded roster and a new HC. Will Morris sink or swim his first year? Nobody knows. Heck, he may have lost to Samford in '13 with our talent and may have lost to Coastal Carolina. Time will tell.

The key phrases is that Chad Morris seems to be totally willing to work at all phases of the program. Likely got a DC beyond his years of personal experience, meaning a vet DC with a good reputation. He worked early on to save some of the recruits he wanted. He rolled a couple that I guess he felt we needed. HE WORKED. HE PUT OUT ENERGY. He will be successful most likely just because he will bust his ass to be just that. Will he often fail, yep, he will. But every day, he will scramble for success. He is just build that way.

It very well could be worse than CBB's first. Bielema was a head coach for 7 years at wiscy before coming here. Morris has only 8 years total of college experience. Morris is largely a shot in the dark than can go either way.

If you are an optimist, you'll say that he has a lot of good relationships with HS coaches in the region. He has had very successful offenses at Tulsa and Clemson. As a HC at SMU, he was able to bring that program up from either 2 or 3 wins up to 7 wins which since the death penalty, has been a very rare win total to reach. As a recruiter, he is young with a fire in his belly and was able to get Deshaun Watson to Clemson.

If you are a pessimist, you'll note that most of his experience as a coach is just as a HS coach. While his offense was good at Tulsa, he benefited from an experienced roster and that Tulsa had an offense just as productive as Morris's a few years before Morris got there and has been able to have just as good an offense after he left as well. Clemson improved offensively after he left. At SMU, it can very easily be argued that all he did was bring them back up to the mean as his predecessor had built the school up to a bowl level program and there was just a short interlude of them sucking again in between their previous success and Morris's. Further, at each stop he makes, lost yardage plays drastically increase before drastically decreasing again as soon as he leaves. Looking at the recruiting at Clemson while he was there, he wasn't even one of their top 3 recruiters and he was unable to make any significant change to the recruiting at SMU in the three years he was there.

Overall, there's very real reason for optimism as he is almost guaranteed to get us a boost in both yards and points. This is a hire that IMO is just as likely to make Petrino's time here look like amateur hour as it is to make the fans remember Bielema fondly. My own personal opinion in a meh on the hire. Seeing his results, I just can't get excited by the hire as there are just too many red flags for failure. However, also seeing his results, it's illogical to think the hire is a sure fire bad one. The optimism and pessimism basically cancel out and I'm just left in a wait and see mode.

Thanks Benny my thought also. I am buying tickets and watching every snap and calling the hogs every Sat. And I hope nobody leaves.

Morris inherits even more talent than Bielema did, so hoping that we won't have a throwaway first year under Morris. However, given the significant philosophy change that Morris is bringing and inheriting a team that was part of a lost lockerroom last year, if Morris only wins 3 games this year, I won't be calling for his firing.

Morris inherits even more talent than Bielema did, so hoping that we won't have a throwaway first year under Morris. However, given the significant philosophy change that Morris is bringing and inheriting a team that was part of a lost lockerroom last year, if Morris only wins 3 games this year, I won't be calling for his firing.

Benny, the key to this is pretty simple. Which players buy in and improve and which players don't. Let just a handful of the top talent fail to buy in and that can really kill our chances in 2018. If you remember that is exactly what happened to Petrino in year 1. He had 2 or 3 key seniors almost sabotage the season. Didn't he dismiss a couple on the flight home from South Carolina??

Morris desperately needs for guys like Froholdt, Wallace, Rogers, Agim, Guidry and Smith on the lines to step up and lead the others in his direction.

Benny, the key to this is pretty simple. Which players buy in and improve and which players don't. Let just a handful of the top talent fail to buy in and that can really kill our chances in 2018. If you remember that is exactly what happened to Petrino in year 1. He had 2 or 3 key seniors almost sabotage the season. Didn't he dismiss a couple on the flight home from South Carolina??

Morris desperately needs for guys like Froholdt, Wallace, Rogers, Agim, Guidry and Smith on the lines to step up and lead the others in his direction.

Morris inherits even more talent than Bielema did, so hoping that we won't have a throwaway first year under Morris. However, given the significant philosophy change that Morris is bringing and inheriting a team that was part of a lost lockerroom last year, if Morris only wins 3 games this year, I won't be calling for his firing.

I just donít think thereís more talent on the roster today than CBBís first year. Especially the lines.

Well he didnít inherit Spaight. Previous staff wouldnít offer him because he was too short.

I agree not a 3-9 team. But many of those players had to be developed. Sprinkle was 200lbs when CBB arrived. Keon Hatcher has fumbling and drop issue when CBB first arrived.

I also think you maybe confusing Horton with Herndon. Horton was never very good here

Yeah, I never caught that. Horton and Herndon were both inherited. Herndon went on to have a bit of an NFL career. Horton was very similar to Drew Morgan, but suffered from playing behind Cobi Hamilton and then having his moment to shine under Smiley and Chaney. Petrino had credited Horton with having arguably the best hands on the team. Had circumstances been different, he could have had a much better career though he wasn't going to make the NFL.